Edward Davis CORSON

01 AUG 1883 - 24 MAR 1939
[Image of Edward Davis CORSON]

Personal Information:

  • BORN: 01 AUG 1883, Dent, Hamilton Co., Ohio [1735]
  • DIED: 24 MAR 1939, Osgood, Ripley Co., Indiana [1736]
  • BURIED: 27 MAR 1939, Spring Grove Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio [1737] [1738]
  • MILIT-BEG: 30 JUN 1917
    • Corporal, 166th Infantry, 42nd Division, US Army (World War I)

Individual Notes

  • Military Service (World War I):- Was among the first 50,000 American soldiers sent to serve in WorldWar I as part of the famous Rainbow Division30 Jun 1917 : Enlisted at Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH; assigned asPrivate, Co I, 1st Ohio Inf12 Aug 1917 : Transferred to Co I, 4th Ohio Inf23 Jan 1918 : Transferred to Headquarters Co. 166th Inf15 Jul 1918 - 08 Nov 1918: Various engagements; battle at Campagne,Chateau Thierry (2nd Battle of the Marne), St. Mehiel, Argonne,MeuseAft. 11 Nov 1918 : Assigned to the Army of Occupation at Roelenseich,Germany, for 6 months17 May 1919 Rec'd Honorable Discharge at Camp Sherman, OH

Parents:

Family:

Wife: Matilda H BINDER

  • MARRIED: 
                                             _Parmenas CORSON Sr._+
                                            | (1749 - 1832) m 1774
                       _Ithamer CORSON _____|
                      | (1801 - 1870) m 1825|
                      |                     |_Mary LEE ___________
                      |                       (1749 - 1805) m 1774
 _William H CORSON ___|
| (1844 - 1916) m 1867|
|                     |                      _____________________
|                     |                     |                     
|                     |_Hannah WOOLEY ______|
|                       (1801 - 1848) m 1825|
|                                           |_____________________
|                                                                 
|
|--Edward Davis CORSON 
|  (1883 - 1939)
|                                            _____________________
|                                           |                     
|                      _William H JOHNSON __|
|                     | (1811 - 1879) m 1837|
|                     |                     |_____________________
|                     |                                           
|_Emily JOHNSON ______|
  (1843 - 1923) m 1867|
                      |                      _Caleb SCOFIELD _____
                      |                     | (1784 - 1852) m 1805
                      |_Mary A SCOFIELD ____|
                        (1819 - 1885) m 1837|
                                            |_Margaret PROSSER ___
                                              (1783 - 1867) m 1805

Source references

[1735] military pension file - Corson, William (son of Ithamer)

  • REFERENCE: Bureau of Pensions information request form

[1736] Spring Grove Cemetery

  • REFERENCE: Burial Record No. 120702/Corson, Edward D

[1737] Spring Grove Cemetery

  • REFERENCE: Burial Record No. 120702/Corson, Edward D

[1738] Spring Grove Cemetery

  • REFERENCE: Visited 1 Mar 2002 by Brian Gilkison; Section 75, Lot 74, NW of obelisk for "Mund" family. Although "Carson" is name on marker, name is spelled correctly in cemetery records; Marker for Carson, Edward D

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